Jeff Hullinger spoke with the man in charge of getting rid of
the insects at Reinhardt -- Chuck Tindol of Allgood Pest
Solutions.

HULLINGER: "Chuck, how do you know you have bed bugs if you
can't see them?"

TINDOL: "You are going to have bites on various parts of
your body. They feed on blood, so they have to attach and
feed."

JH: "So if they do not have blood supply for their feed,
then theoretically they die right?"

CT: "They can live for months and months. They'll be
there. Most homeowners are not going to get bed bugs unless
they stay in an infested area, a hotel; it doesn't have to be a
roadside hotel --some of the nicest hotels have bed bugs."

JH: "How do you get rid of them? What's the best course if
you know you have them?

CT: "Because the population grows so quickly, you've got to
kill all the population at one time and one treatment (of
insecticide and heat)."